Ramadan Ilazi currently serves as the Head of Research at the Kosovar Centre for Security Studies (KCSS). He holds a PhD in Politics and International Relations from Dublin City University, Ireland, and a Master of Letters degree in Peace and Conflict Studies from St. Andrews University, Scotland. Dr Ilazi is a member of the International Republican Institute’s Western Balkans Task Force on Threats to Democracy and, in this capacity, has co-authored a paper on Kosovo’s vulnerabilities towards malign foreign influence. Previously, Dr Ilazi held the position of Kosovo’s Deputy Minister for European Integration (2015-2016), where he was involved in supporting the process of preparing a national plan for the implementation of the Stabilization and Association Agreement with the European Union and developing the European Reform Agenda (ERA) for Kosovo. His most recent book is “The European Union and Everyday Statebuilding: The Case of Kosovo” (Routledge 2022).
